Recording method

Occasionally comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae:  July-April on the seeds, spinning two or more together and living inside.  Adults: May-August.

Larval foodplants

Hogweed.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Locharbriggs, Dumfriesshire, on 12th July 1983 by Sir Arthur Duncan, who found the first for Wigtownshire at Torrs on 19th July 1984, both specimens at National Museums Scotland, with the Kirkcudbrightshire first being found at Ravenshall Point on 4th August 1997.